Cutting IT Labor Costs: The Pros and Cons - 'Cutting Salaries (2%)'

By CIOinsight |
Posted 09-24-2007

Cutting IT Labor Costs: The Pros and Cons

Staff expenses-salaries, benefits, bonuses, training and travel-can represent nearly one-third of IT budgets, and become prime targets for some CIOs to reign in costs. CIO Insight surveyed top IT executives to determine how they control costs,

Cutting IT Labor Costs: The Pros and Cons - 'Hiring Freeze (60%)'

Pro: Compels managers to more efficiently align work force.

Con: Dumps additional work on employees who already feel overburdened.

Cutting IT Labor Costs: The Pros and Cons - 'Methodology'

CIO Insight surveyed 256 IT executives in July as part of its Cost Management report published in its September issue. The results in this slideshow represent the nearly 25 percent of respondents who said their companies are cutting staff and labor costs